MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop I Headquarters, P.O. Box 128, Rolla, Mo 65402


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Dan Crain
573-368-2345
August 2, 2013
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EMPHASIS: Troop I Announces Promotion


Captain Lee Ann H. Kenley, commanding officer of Troop I, announces that effective August 1, 2013, Trooper Matthew A. Goodson was promoted to the rank of corporal. He is designated as the assistant zone commander of Zone 1, which patrols Phelps and eastern Maries Counties.
Corporal Goodson is a native of Jefferson City, Missouri and a 2002 graduate of Jefferson City High School. He is also a 2006 graduate of Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, where he earned a bachelor's of science degree in criminology.
Corporal Goodson was appointed to the Missouri State Highway Patrol on January 6, 2008. Upon graduating from the Academy, he was assigned to Troop I and stationed in Rolla.
Corporal Goodson and his wife, Sammie Joe (Boblett), have one daughter, Kaiker.

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